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Vietnam War: The Best of American Heritage (EBook)
This brilliant anthology tells the dramatic story of America's war in Vietnam, with essays by ten leading American historians including Max Boot, Douglas Brinkley, Victor Davis Hanson, and Stanley Karnow.
Compiled and introduced by American Heritage Editor Edwin Grosvenor, the book covers topics from the first American deaths in Vietnam, the dramatic victory at Ia Drang, the Tet offensive, and, finally, the building of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Also included is the report on American Heritage's extensive investigation into the controversial Gulf of Tonkin attack, in which we interviewed the officers and crew of the USS Mattox and reviewed the ship's logs to determine what really happened.
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Young America, 1783-1860, AH History of (EBook)
Young America is a star-spangled account of the perilous, exuberant, dissension-filled first six decades of the United States.
The book opens with George Washington's triumphant journey to New York City for his inauguration as first president of the United
States. It ends with Abraham Lincoln's solemn farewell to Springfield as he takes a train to Washington to become the sixteenth - and
almost the last - president of a country torn by the secession of seven of its states.
In between, historian Francis Russell vividly details the events that first molded the American way of life and gave the young nation the
will and ability to survive.
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Yorktown, The Battle of (EBook)
At Yorktown, Virginia, after six and a half years of fighting, General George Washington and his troops and their French allies brought the
American Revolution to a victorious end. Here, from New York Times bestselling author Thomas Fleming is the vivid account of the
stunning reversal of British fortunes that led to the surrender of Lord Cornwallis and the birth of the American nation.
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World War II: Carrier War (EBook)
At dusk on December 8, 1941, the carrier Enterprise and her escort of cruisers and destroyers entered Pearl Harbor. Officers and men
lined the rails, watching in stunned silence. The twisted, smoldering superstructure of the Arizona was still aflame, and there was a stench
of charred wood and fuel oil in the air.
"Morale went to nothing just about then," said an officer on one of the escorting cruisers. "We were sick and shocked. We couldn't
believe that this had happened to us." Through the night, the crew of the Enterprise, under the command of Admiral William "Bull"
Halsey, took on fuel, provisions, and ammunition. Before dawn it was back at sea.
The Enterprise was just one of the carriers that won the war in the Pacific. Here is the extraordinary story of the men and ships that turned
the tide of the war.
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World War II: Carrier War (AudiobookFormat)
At dusk on December 8, 1941, the carrier Enterprise and her escort of cruisers and destroyers entered Pearl Harbor. Officers and men
lined the rails, watching in stunned silence. The twisted, smoldering superstructure of the Arizona was still aflame, and there was a stench
of charred wood and fuel oil in the air.
"Morale went to nothing just about then," said an officer on one of the escorting cruisers. "We were sick and shocked. We couldn't
believe that this had happened to us." Through the night, the crew of the Enterprise, under the command of Admiral William "Bull"
Halsey, took on fuel, provisions, and ammunition. Before dawn it was back at sea.
The Enterprise was just one of the carriers that won the war in the Pacific. Here is the extraordinary story of the men and ships that turned
the tide of the war.
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World War II: Air War (EBook)
The air war over Europe during World War II proved that combat in the sky can be even more devastating than combat on the ground.
When the war ended, every major city in Germany was virtually destroyed. A German writer admitted that his own nation, in taking up the
sword to conquer the world, had "summoned up those bands of furies which raced across the German skies." Here, from the acclaimed
historian Stephen W. Sears, is the story of Europe's air war.
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World War II, American Heritage History of (Paperback)
The American Heritage History of World War II was first published in 1966. At the time, author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist C.L.
Sulzberger received widespread praise for his authoritative account of the six-year war that involved more than fifty-six nations, resulted
in the death of some 22 million people, and shaped the course of history. His work became a standard reference on the war.
Stephen E. Ambrose, one of the most highly regarded historians of our time, oversaw a major revision of this classic work. Seamlessly
incorporating new material and insights, Ambrose produced a comprehensive and riveting account of the war’s key characters and events.
In planes and foxholes, in deserts and jungles, on ships and beaches, Ambrose shines a light on the people involved - the leaders, the
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World War II, AH History of (EBook)
The American Heritage History of World War II was first published in 1966. At the time, author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist C.L.
Sulzberger received widespread praise for his authoritative account of the six-year war that involved more than fifty-six nations, resulted
in the death of some 22 million people, and shaped the course of history. His work became a standard reference on the war.
Stephen E. Ambrose, one of the most highly regarded historians of our time, oversaw a major revision of this classic work. Seamlessly
incorporating new material and insights, Ambrose produced a comprehensive and riveting account of the war’s key characters and events.
In planes and foxholes, in deserts and jungles, on ships and beaches, Ambrose shines a light on the people involved - the leaders, the
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World War I, American Heritage History of (EBook)
“In the Bosnian town of Sarajevo on the morning of June 28, 1914, a chauffeur misunderstood his instructions, made the wrong turn, tried
too late to correct his blunder, and in so doing, delivered his passengers to a point where a waiting assassin did not have to take aim to
gun them down. Two rounds from one pistol and the world rocked. The crime was the small stone that loosened brings the avalanche.”
So begins Brigadier General S.L.A. Marshall’s compelling narrative of the American Heritage History of World War I, a book that tells the
story of the Great War from Sarajevo to Versailles. Ten million men died; another 20 million were wounded. But it was not the numbers
alone that made this the Great War. The flame thrower, the tank, and poison gas were introduced. Cavalry became obsolete; air combat
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World War I, American Heritage History of (Paperback)
“In the Bosnian town of Sarajevo on the morning of June 28, 1914, a chauffeur misunderstood his instructions, made the wrong turn, tried
too late to correct his blunder, and in so doing, delivered his passengers to a point where a waiting assassin did not have to take aim to
gun them down. Two rounds from one pistol and the world rocked. The crime was the small stone that loosened brings the avalanche.”
So begins Brigadier General S.L.A. Marshall’s compelling narrative of the American Heritage History of World War I, a book that tells the
story of the Great War from Sarajevo to Versailles. Ten million men died; another 20 million were wounded. But it was not the numbers
alone that made this the Great War. The flame thrower, the tank, and poison gas were introduced. Cavalry became obsolete; air combat
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